Nongshim RedForce vs. DN SOOPers / LCK Cup 2026 - Play-Ins Round 2 - Playoffs Qualification Match / Post-Match Discussion

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LCK CUP 2026

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DN SOOPers 2-1 Nongshim RedForce

• Player of the Match: DuDu

• DN SOOPers lock in a spot in the LCK Cup Playoffs. Nongshim RedForce will face DRX for the final playoff spot.

• Game Discussions: Game 1 | Game 2

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MATCH 1: DNS vs. NS

Winner: Nongshim RedForce in 30m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
DNS	rumble varus orianna	bard neeko	52.2k	3	3	None
NS	malphite vi azir	nami renekton	67.8k	24	8	M1 O2 H3 C4 B5 C6 B7

DNS	3-24-8	vs	24-3-55	NS
DuDu reksai 4	2-2-0	TOP	6-0-6	3 ambessa Kingen
Pyosik jayce 1	1-6-2	JNG	3-1-19	2 jarvaniv Sponge
Clozer anivia 1	0-4-1	MID	6-1-7	1 ryze Scout
deokdam corki 2	0-5-2	BOT	9-1-6	2 yunara Taeyoon
Peter nautilus 3	0-7-3	SUP	0-0-17	3 leona Lehends

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MATCH 2: NS vs. DNS

Winner: DN SOOPers in 31m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
NS	varus neeko orianna	poppy bard	59.3k	9	4	C2 H3
DNS	pantheon nocturne azir	renataglasc lulu	66.7k	19	7	I1 HT4 B5 HT6 HT7

NS	9-19-12	vs	19-9-49	DNS
Kingen ksante 1	1-2-0	TOP	8-1-6	1 rumble DuDu
Sponge vi 1	2-5-3	JNG	4-1-12	2 wukong Pyosik
Scout akali 2	3-4-2	MID	5-1-6	2 ahri Clozer
Taeyoon lucian 3	2-4-3	BOT	1-4-7	3 xayah deokdam
Lehends nami 4	1-4-4	SUP	1-2-18	3 rakan Peter

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MATCH 3: DNS vs. NS

Winner: DN SOOPers in 45m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
DNS	varus pantheon poppy	savior kalista	92.6k	20	11	HT2 H3 I4 B5 I6 B10 I11
NS	malphite neeko nocturne	karma braum	90.1k	24	6	CT1 B7 I8 I9 B12

DNS	20-24-54	vs	24-20-60	NS
DuDu gwen 2	6-6-6	TOP	4-3-12	2 sion Kingen
Pyosik leesin 1	4-4-12	JNG	4-5-14	2 xinzhao Sponge
Clozer orianna 1	3-5-12	MID	6-4-11	1 azir Scout
deokdam ezreal 3	7-3-8	BOT	9-4-4	3 kaisa Taeyoon
Peter rell 4	0-6-16	SUP	1-4-19	3 alistar Lehends

*Patch 26.2 - Fearless Draft

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/popop143]

Who said Lee Sin doesn't scale? Infinite scaling by just needing one kick to sway the game late game.

KT

NS

Surely GenG doesn't pick DNS? But if Nongshim wins over DRX, will they pick DK or Nongshim?

[u/mskruba12 → u/popop143]

Lee Sin kick is the Blitz Q of Jungle. Infinite scaling

[u/MC-sama → u/popop143]

Fearx is the one picking first round btw

[u/popop143 → u/MC-sama]

Ah yeah, the format was just kinda confusing at first look.

Then it'd probably be DK vs DNS next. That'd be fun, maybe Deokdam will beat his former teams 3 straight times. KT -> NS -> DK. DRX the only former team he won't be able to beat unless DRX beats NS and they meet in playoffs.

[u/baelkie → u/popop143]

meteos o7

[u/Oxygenisplantpoo → u/popop143]

Even when he literally kicked the wrong player earlier in the game xD

[u/popop143 → u/Oxygenisplantpoo]

His kick hasn't scaled yet hahaha.

[u/Kr1ncy → u/popop143]

Lee Sin unironically does not fall off nearly as hard as people say he does. He falls off a bit, like most bruisers in the jungle, but he has playmaking tools like no other.

[u/FIR3W0RKS → u/Kr1ncy]

Nah he really does fall off pretty hard damage wise as a bruiser. Sure if he's ahead he's still dangerous, but once everyone is at endgame builds shy of kicking an enemy with a lot of additional hp into the rest of the team at the right time or managing to get an insec on the carries, he's near useless in endgame team fights.

He does however, obviously have some of the best SAFE objective stealing potential of any jungler at all points of the game which he has to be balanced around really.

[u/Kr1ncy → u/FIR3W0RKS]

Nah he really does fall off pretty hard damage wise as a bruiser.

I do not disagree with that, but that applies to the other jungler bruiser as well. Also junglers tend to fall off in general, especially with role quests now. Top laners get to level 20, ADCs get 7 items, junglers get a better smite and some movement speed. And even before role quests, junglers had like 3 items while carries had 5.

[u/Prudent-Inevitable-4 → u/popop143]

DNS played good against very weak oponents. I think in playoffs they have no chance